Video: Hungary 2018 Election Roundup
- 7 Apr 2018 4:00 PM
MTI Photo: Szecsődi Balázs
MTI Photo: Szecsődi Balázs
President Tamas Sulyok has set the date for Hungary's next parliamentary election at April 12, and the presidential office has confirmed it, MTI reports.
The ruling Fidesz-Christian Democrats (KDNP) alliance will field 65 seasoned and 41 new candidates at the 2026 parliamentary elections, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, Fidesz's leader, told the party congress.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was right "for once", when he said that Budapest was a city of free, independent and confident citizens, Mayor Gergely Karácsony said on Facebook.
The Tisza Party is prepared for a change of government and system and will work to usher in "years of prosperity", Peter Magyar, the opposition party's leader, told a press conference.










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